Bicycle Design

Tag: Michael Downes

  • The ID annual design review

    This morning, I thumbed through the July/August issue of ID magazine. The 53rd annual design review issue recognized a few products from the bicycle industry. The jury liked the SRAM/RockShox PushLoc system (pictured here), in part because of its easy to use single button design. You press once to lock the lever in position, which…

  • The Electrobike Cometh

    The Electrobike Cometh

    Note from James: This is Michael Downes’ second submission to Bicycle Design (wow, he is on a roll). If you are new to the blog and don’t know who Michael is, read the profile about him that I wrote last February. Since that time, Michael has left his position at Giant Bicycles to work as…

  • In Praise of Powergrips

    Note from James: This is the long awaited first post from guest contributor Michael Downes. His timing couldn’t be better since I am too busy to post anything right now (I’ll probably be back at the end of this week). I really enjoyed reading this post, and I think you will too. Thanks Michael. The…

  • Coming soon, a guest contributor

    First let me point you to a bike that I saw this week on the Core77 blog. At first glance, this bike, designed by a team in the Netherlands, looks somewhat like a typical traditional Dutch city bike. Look closer and you will see that the riding position is foot forward like many of the…